With Or Without

PREPS

April 13, 1989|By Beth Rhodes of the Sentinel Staff

ADRIENNE WOOD, Oviedo's top tennis player and one of the best in Central Florida, left the team last week just before the dual match with Bishop Moore after a dispute with Coach Don Gustafson over the doubles pairings. Wood's departure left her match of the unbeatens with Heather McGratty unplayed. Even without Wood, Oviedo still beat Bishop Moore to win its 43rd consecutive match, and defended its Seminole Athletic Conference title last Thursday and Friday.

TOO MUCH TO HANDLE

THE FIELD for the Golden Triangle Classic, Eustis' annual girls basketball tournament, has been set and appears to be even stronger than last year. Six of the eight teams have been ranked almost annually. Clermont, Cocoa Beach, Keystone Heights, Newberry, Pahokee and Eustis are among the state's top Class AA teams, and Bishop Moore and Wildwood should be strong. Eustis Coach Ted Gottfried: ''I think we have the cream of the crop.''

STRANGE STREAK

TAYLOR'S BASEBALL team has assured itself the top seeding in the Class AA, District 6 tournament. The Wildcats (13-6) have put together a strange streak of sorts by winning two games in every week of the season but have always lost one if they played three. It has been slightly exasperating for Coach Bill Harvey, who would have liked for them to put a longer streak together.

GUESTS OF HONOR

MIKE ROBERSON has confirmed that he will be attending his namesake meet, the Mike Roberson-Brian Jaeger Invitational, on Friday at Showalter Field. Jaeger, a recent graduate of Auburn University, also is expected to attend the meet, which was recently renamed to honor him as well as Roberson, both of whom are former Winter Park track standouts. Five of the top teams in the state - Lake Wales, Lyman, Vero Beach, West Orange and Winter Haven - will compete in the 20-team field.

LYMAN'S TOM Lawrence has resigned from his position as head basketball coach but will remain as athletic director and dean of students. Juggling all three positions had just become too big of a job for Lawrence. He had been with the Lyman basketball team 16 years and 11 as head coach with a career record of 133-134. He led teams to the second-, third- and fourth-best records in the school's history.